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Surgery of the Hand in California

76 providers, $488,542 in total reported payments from drug and device makers. Ranked below by lifetime general payments. The median provider in this group received $1,557.

Ranking high here usually means a consulting or royalty arrangement, not wrongdoing. Payments to device inventors and trial investigators are legal, disclosed, and concentrated in a small number of people — which is exactly why a list like this has a steep top and a long flat tail.

What Medicare pays surgery of the hand clinicians in California

Part B allowed per clinician, 2024
$167,528
Of which, services
$145,964
Clinicians billing Part B
45

Across 45 surgery of the hand clinicians in California who billed Original Medicare Part B in 2024, Medicare allowed $7,538,743 in total — an average of $167,528 each, of which $145,964 was for services and the rest for drugs administered in the office.

This is not a salary. The rest is what Medicare allowed for services these clinicians billed — Original Medicare fee-for-service only. It excludes Medicare Advantage, which now covers more than half of Medicare enrollees, along with Medicaid and every commercial insurer, so for most clinicians it is a fraction of their practice. It is also gross revenue: staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums all come out of it before anyone is paid. Anyone quoting a figure like this as physician pay is misreading it.

Ranked by reported payments

  1. 1Bauback SafaSan Francisco$172,468
  2. 2Emily Perezla Mirada$56,433
  3. 3Joshua GluckVentura$26,223
  4. 4Howard SutkinLos Gatos$22,346
  5. 5Aaron BergerOakland$14,441
  6. 6Nicole ConklingOrange$14,097
  7. 7Marie DuschSanta Maria$11,404
  8. 8Andre IshakOxnard$10,788
  9. 9Alfonso CamberosSan Diego$9,929
  10. 10James ColemanOrange$8,798
  11. 11Grant SeidenOceanside$8,671
  12. 12Mytien GoldbergTorrance$8,492
  13. 13Larry NichterHuntington Beach$8,130
  14. 14Sara GuerraLos Angeles$7,560
  15. 15Alexander NeusnerBeverly Hills$6,637
  16. 16William AielloLos Alamitos$5,609
  17. 17Eric LarsonSanta Monica$5,396
  18. 18Terry ZimmermanFolsom$4,939
  19. 19Menyoli MalafaLos Angeles$4,719
  20. 20Andrew BauderSan Diego$4,352
  21. 21Vincent HentzPalo Alto$4,043
  22. 22Andrew LiSacramento$4,040
  23. 23Lisa JewellTorrance$3,906
  24. 24Isobel SantosFresno$3,871
  25. 25Douglas ChinOakland$3,790
  26. 26Gregory TsushimaLos Angeles$3,757
  27. 27Andrew GuenthartMorgan Hill$3,544
  28. 28Sanjeev PuriPasadena$3,541
  29. 29Melanie MajorAnaheim$3,464
  30. 30Maya SpaethRiverside$3,307
  31. 31Anisa YalomSan Marcos$3,046
  32. 32Ryan StehrFresno$3,007
  33. 33Brent PickrellLos Angeles$2,941
  34. 34Andres TaleisnikOrange$2,799
  35. 35Richard Chaffoola Jolla$2,186
  36. 36Hongshik HanFresno$1,920
  37. 37Walter ChangFontana$1,817
  38. 38Christopher Katcherianla Mirada$1,557
  39. 39Nicholas CaggianoSan Luis Obispo$1,410
  40. 40Asher KuppermanSanta Barbara$1,399
  41. 41Thomas YenSanta Cruz$1,254
  42. 42Jonathan LiuVisalia$1,190
  43. 43Roee RubinsteinThousand Oaks$1,099
  44. 44David KupferSan Diego$1,070
  45. 45Deborah MartinsTorrance$1,056
  46. 46Dong-Joon LeeLos Angeles$1,054
  47. 47Alarick YungEncino$949
  48. 48Michael FeldmanBeverly Hills$926
  49. 49David MorwoodMonterey$666
  50. 50Jessica Cohen-BrownSanta Barbara$595
  51. 51Robert MarkisonSan Francisco$558
  52. 52Sum TranValencia$545
  53. 53James PertschSan Mateo$542
  54. 54Michael ObengBeverly Hills$497
  55. 55Bill KimLos Angeles$459
  56. 56Ricardo AvenaFresno$451
  57. 57Alexander MajorsFresno$426
  58. 58Randi GalliFresno$426
  59. 59Michael KulickSan Francisco$413
  60. 60Julie GilbertSan Diego$387
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